Mop



May 18 1926. 1,585,306 R. G. s. M PHERsoN v MOP \ Filed March 14, I925 rwe/wbov F). G. J Mac P/zenson A Z'tornev Patented ll/lay l 1926.

MOP,

Application filed March 14, 1925.

This invention relates to a special construction of mop for use in cleaning and polishing operations of all kinds. The mop is more yxuticularly adaptable for household use in the .vashing of floors, polishing of floors, or dusting of walls and other sur faces.

The invention consists more especially in certain improved features of construction in that well known type of mop in which a fabric-formed head is attached at one end to the handle and at the other end to a collar mounted to turn and slide on the handle, so that the mop head may be bunched by moving the collar down upon the handle, or may be lengthened and wrung by moving the collar up the handle and turning it upon and relatively to the handle.

The improved features relate to the means employed in securing the mop head fabric to the lower end of the h andle such means allowing for the fabric being firmly held and for the handle being removed from and replaced in the head at will.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of the mop, showing the head bunched.

Figure 2 is a similar view, but showing the head drawn out and twisted.

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the collar, showing the manner of attaching the headforming fabric thereto.

Figure l is an enlarged side elevation of the means for securing the fabric to the handle end, said means being shown as de tached.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section thereof.

A is the handle made of approved material and length and which in this invention is provided with a metal socket piece B secured to its bottom end. Such socket piece is of cylindrical form and extends below the handle for a convenient distance. Near its lower end it is formed with a ridge C extending circumferentially around upon its inner periphery and made by grooving the metal from the outside. It is also formed, at its lower extremity, with a. small inwardlyprojecting, vertical tooth D. This tooth also is made by indenting the socket from the outside.

E is the collar that is made of wood or other approved material and fits loosely up- Serial No. 15,494.

on the handle A so that it may turn and slide thereon. This is made of a length such as to be grasped firmly by a hand closed around it and has the upper edge of the mop head-forming fabric F fastened around its bottom end by being doubled into a groove G formed in such end and bound by a wire G.

A ferrule 11 of metal is provided to receive at its lower end the gathered bottom edge of the fabric material F, which edge is then fastened. in the ferrule by clinching the ferrule end around it, as shown in Figures 3 and 4. The upper end of this ferrule is split longitudinally to form a number of tongues J and its diameter is tapered down towards such end. The external diameter of the ferrule is made slightly greater than the internal diameter of the socket piece 13 so that such socket piece may be forced over the ferrule top and gripped thereby. The periphery of the ferrule is formed with a groove K around it upon its split portion so that when the socket B is forced down over the ferrule, the ridge C will spring into the notch and thereby lock the ferrule in the socket. This hold. however, will give way on a strong outward pull being exerted on the handle. The tooth D will at the same time engage in one of the ferrule slots so that any relative turning of the ferrule and handle will be prevented.

In assembling the mop, the handle end is passed first through the collar E, and then forced into the ferrule so that the mop head F may be worked in the usual way.

A. rubber ring M is provided to roll upon the handle and to engage the outer end of the collar E. This serves to keep the collar from sliding in on the handle and thus to maintain the mop head in its bunched form for use in such operations as may require it.

I claim 1. In a mop, the combination with a handle having a metallic socket piece extending from its bottom and a collar designed to turn and slide on such handle, of a mop headv having its upper edge fastened around the said collar, and a metallic ferrule into the lower end of which the bottom edge of the said mop head is fastened and the top end of which is tapered and split longi- Y tudinally so that the handle socket may be forced over it *ith a gripping action.

2. A mop, according to claim 1, in which the socket piece is formed with a ridge extending circumferentially on its inner periphery near the bottom edge, and the ferrule is formed with a circumferential groove in its outer periphery designed to receive said ridge when the socket piece is passed over the ferrule, and in which the socket piece is formed with a tooth projecting from its inside and designed to engage one of the splits in the ferrule.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

RALPH GORDON STANLEY MacPHERSOiI. 

